Thank you for posting this.
The development of breech loaders was a big part of rifles and handguns and firearms in general, this history goes right along with our muzzleloaders.
I remember watching, as a child, an old rerun of the Davy Crockett series where one of these was used, it was in the hands of the British and the heroes of the show had to sabotage the plan to prevent the British from being armed with these
I read a very interesting article on a type of a rifle that was developed back in the very late 1700s , in fact it was sometime around 1800 and some in the American army were wanting to use it in the war between France and Britain over the American continent.
The rifle loaded from the breach a tube that contained numerous rounds similar to a Roman candle each ball or bullet had a hole through it with a fuse, I believe it was a flintlock, the firing mechanism was about halfway between the muzzle and the butt of the gun, the first one was fired you then had a moment , or three or four seconds to regain your aim picture and the fuse would be burning and set off the second round, then a moment later the the third round and a moment later the fourth round and so on depending on how many rounds were loaded into the tube, the tube could then quickly be removed in another one loaded into its place,
It appeared to function flawlessly but the inventor , kind of like a few others, was greedy and disagreeable and it never got into production.
I can't remember where I read about it, maybe someone else knows what I'm talking about and can post some pictures or a bit of History.
The development of breech loaders was a big part of rifles and handguns and firearms in general, this history goes right along with our muzzleloaders.
I remember watching, as a child, an old rerun of the Davy Crockett series where one of these was used, it was in the hands of the British and the heroes of the show had to sabotage the plan to prevent the British from being armed with these
I read a very interesting article on a type of a rifle that was developed back in the very late 1700s , in fact it was sometime around 1800 and some in the American army were wanting to use it in the war between France and Britain over the American continent.
The rifle loaded from the breach a tube that contained numerous rounds similar to a Roman candle each ball or bullet had a hole through it with a fuse, I believe it was a flintlock, the firing mechanism was about halfway between the muzzle and the butt of the gun, the first one was fired you then had a moment , or three or four seconds to regain your aim picture and the fuse would be burning and set off the second round, then a moment later the the third round and a moment later the fourth round and so on depending on how many rounds were loaded into the tube, the tube could then quickly be removed in another one loaded into its place,
It appeared to function flawlessly but the inventor , kind of like a few others, was greedy and disagreeable and it never got into production.
I can't remember where I read about it, maybe someone else knows what I'm talking about and can post some pictures or a bit of History.
as a hobby machinist, threads and such are a bit of a fascination to me..
